b"National Indigenous Health and Wellness Association National Indigenous Health and Wellness AssociationServing our communities with offices in Ottawa, Serving our communities with offices in Ottawa, Kingston, & Cornwall since 2019. National Indigenous Health and Wellness AssociationKingston & Cornwall since 2019. Loretta DeSousa, Founder Serving our communities with offices in Ottawa, Kingston, & Cornwall since 2019.loretta@nihwa.ca Loretta DeSousa, Founder www.nihwa.ca Loretta DeSousa, Founder loretta@nihwa.caloretta@nihwa.caOur Story wwwww.wni.nihhwa.wcaa.ca National Indigenous Health and Wellness Association (NIHWA) is a not-for-profit organization that collaboratively works with and supports Indigenous communities by empowering its community members throughout Turtle Island.OUR SACRED MISSION Our StoryNIHWA acknowledges its community members by honouring Indigenous history, National Indigenous Health and Wellness Association (NIHWA) is a not-for-profitculture, language, traditions, and teachings. NIHWAs vision is to allow Indigenous National Indigenous Health and Wellness Association is a Not-for-Profitcommunities an opportunity to adapt, overcome, and innovate solutions through organization that collaboratively works with and supports Indigenous communities organization that collaboratively works with and supports Indigenous communitiescollaboration. NIHWAs goal is to provide Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals by empowering its community members throughout Turtle Island. tools to learn from Elders and Traditional Knowledge Holders, ensuring the by empowering its community members throughout North America. Through its strength-based program development, along with its policy evolution, being NIHWA acknowledges its community members by honouring Indigenous history,transmission of Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing for the seven its focal point. N.I.H.W.A. acknowledges its community members by honoring culture, language, traditions, and teachings. NIHWAs vision is to allow Indigenousgenerations to come.Indigenous culture, language, traditions and teachings. N.I.H.W.A.s vision is to communities an opportunity to adapt, overcome, and innovate solutions throughNIHWA supports the access for our Indigenous Community members to education promote equality and justice in Indigenous communities through collaboration. and training, health and wellness services, justice and family services, MMIWG and collaboration. NIHWAs goal is to provide Indigenous and non-Indigenous individualsviolence against women programs for awareness and safety, gambling and addiction ABOUT N.I.H.W.A. tools to learn from Elders and Traditional Knowledge Holders, ensuring theservices, homelessness and safe spaces, environmental protection and conservation, transmission of Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing for the sevenand Indigenous entrepreneurship. NIHWA will continue to work with our non-Established in 2019, N.I.H.W.A. provides culturally developed programs and generations to come. Indigenous community members, businesses, corporations, education boards, services to Indigenous men, women and their families regardless of their status, tribal heritage and/or NIHWA supports the access for our Indigenous Community members to es needsMunicipal, Provincial, and Federal Governance to promote and foster relationships lineage. N.I.H.W.A. is committed to providing programs and services that meet the communityducation through having their voices heard, in ways of their culture identity, through Feasts, Art, Music, Language,built within the Truth and Reconciliation 94 Calls to Action process. and training, health and wellness services, justice and family services, MMIWG andBuilding for the Future Teachings and Traditions throughout their history. N.I.H.W.A. is dedicated to ensuring access to justice, violence against women programs for awareness and safety, gambling and addictioneducation, health services and environmental conservancy including economic development.services, homelessness and safe spaces, environmental protectionealinconser ellness branch facilitates and coordinates programs, NIHWA's H and g and W vation,s ervices, and activities to address the holistic needs of Indigenous people in and Indigenous entrepreneurship. NIHWA will continue to work with our non-CONFIDENTIALITY IS ASSURED IN A SAFE AND JUDGEMENT-FREE ENVIRONMENT nO tario at the provincial, regional, and local levels. To us, holistic Indigenous Indigenous community members, businesses, corporations, education boards, BUILDING BRIDGES WITH COMMUNITY h ealth encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and cultural Municipal, Provincial, and Federal Governance to promote and foster relationships a spects of one's life. Through an understanding of self, a vision of wellness, built within the Truth and Reconciliation 94 Calls to Action process. a nd a balanced body, mind, and spirit. NIHWA promotes a concept of health Professional Development through Education and Training that includes but is not limited to these topics:Building for the Futurea nd wellness through the healing continuum. We also offer in-personIndigenous History & Culture tr aining and webinars on various healing and wellness and mental health and SEMINARSNIHWA's Healing and Wellness branch facilitates and coordinates programs,a ddictions-related topics. services, and activities to address the holistic needs of Indigenous people in Include but are not limited to these topics:NIHWAs Education and Training branch facilitates and coordinates programs, O ntario at the provincial, regional, and local levels. To us, holistic Indigers) services, and activities to support learning that is connected to the land, culture,Building Bridges with Community Agencies (Guest SpeakenousDiabetesh ealth encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and culturaland spirit for our Indigenous people in Ontario at the provincial, regional, andHuman Trafficking Awareness and Prevention local levels. To us, learning honours our Ancestors, Elders, Knowledge Keepers a spects of one's life. Through an understanding of self, a vision of wellness,MMIWG Education/Awareness and Resources for Support and Descendents.NIHWA promotes learning that promotes developing a nd a balanced body, mind, and spirit. NIHWA promotes a concept of healthLGBTQIA2+ Education/Awareness and Community Resources relationships, respecting distinct cultures, and honouring the perspective of a nd wellness through the healing continuum. We also offer in-personothers in our communities; where the deepest learning takes place through SACRED CIRCLES lived experience. We also offer in-person training and webinars on various training and webinars on various healing and wellness and mental health and Include but are not limited to these topics: topics related to Indigenous education and training, histories, and cultural addictions-related topics.Healing through Trauma awareness training.Healthy Families NIHWAs Education and Training branch facilitates and coordinates programs,The Gift of Sharingservices, and activities to support learning that is connected to the land, culture,Community Building Circles NIHWA actively seeks partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations and governments that and spirit for our Indigenous people in Ontario at the provinci and re gional, digenrecognizeal, re spect Inand ous people's diverse lifestyles and traditions regardless of residency, life-style, or status. WORKSHOPS local levels. To us, learning honours our Ancestors, Elders, Knowledge Keepers Include but are not limited to these topics:and Descendents.NIHWA promotes learning that promotes developingLanguage Algonquin/Metis/Inuit relationships, respecting distinct cultures, and honouring the perspective ofCulture Teaching/7 Grandfather 13 Grandmother Moons others in our communities; where the deepest learning takes place through /Drum Making/Beading/Dress Making Anger Management lived experience. We also offer in-person training and webinars on various topics related to Indigenous education and training, histories, and culturalSelf-Care - Healthy Feasting (Diabetes Awareness) Sacred Medicine awareness training.NIHWA activley seeks partnerships with Indigenous & non-Indigenous organizations and governments that recognize & respect Indigenous peoples diverse lifestyles & traditions regardless of residency, lifestyle or status.NIHWA actively seeks partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations and governments that recognize and respect Indigenous people's diverse lifestyles and traditions regardless of residency, life-style, or status."